这场戏：庭审前夜被问补枪
第 4 章 · 共 15 章 · 2'39"
庭审前夜，莱斯利和罗伯特在家互诉爱意，客人却在议论哈蒙德。乔伊斯单独问她：有几枪像是他倒地之后打的。她说自己当时 so terrified（吓坏了），一切 confused and blurred（乱成一团，模模糊糊）。想学被追问时怎么解释、怎么描述慌乱，这几个说法最实用。
We have been happy, haven't we?（我们一直很幸福，对吧？）
have been happy 一直是……的、一直很……all I need 我只要这个If only 要是……就好了
庭审前夜，莱斯利和罗伯特在家互诉爱意，她说 We have been happy, haven't we?（我们一直很幸福，对吧？），他答 I've always loved you（我一直爱着你）。客人聊起哈蒙德，说他 He could take his whack（酒量扛得住），是那种 couldn't help liking（让人没法不喜欢）的人。乔伊斯却单独把她叫住，说他看尸体时觉得 some of the shots must have been fired after he was lying on the ground（有几枪应该是在他倒地之后才开的）。莱斯利只说自己 was so terrified（吓坏了），everything was confused and blurred（一切都乱成一团、模模糊糊）。想学被追问时怎么解释、怎么描述当时的慌乱，几个说法都很实用。
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“We have been happy, haven't we?”
我们一直很幸福，对吧？
一句反问既是确认也是抓取，把不安全感藏在幸福的回忆里。
We have been ..., haven't we?
向伴侣求证一段感情还在时用；对刚起争执的人这样说容易像翻旧账。
We were happy, weren't we? ／ Things have been good between us, haven't they?
中性
have been 连读，haven't we 尾音上扬求回应。
We have been close, haven't we? 我们一直很亲近，对吧？
“You could see that she was just holding on to herself like grim death.”
你看得出她是在拼了命地撑住自己。
like grim death 把硬撑写到极致，一个比喻就交代了她全部的克制。
hold on like grim death
形容某人极力忍住不崩溃时用；对当事人当面这样讲会显得揭短。
She was barely holding herself together. ／ He clung on like grim death.
口语
holding on 连读，grim death 两词重读。
She held on to her composure like grim death. 她拼了命似的维持着镇定。
“You know the sort... very breezy, devil-may-care, generous with his money.”
你知道那种人……爽朗，什么都不在乎，花钱大手大脚。
devil-may-care 一个复合词画出一种人：潇洒到没心没肺，褒贬都在里面。
very ..., devil-may-care, generous with ...
形容活得洒脱、不计后果的人时用，可褒可贬；说长辈不太合适。
He had a devil-may-care attitude. ／ She is carefree and generous with her time.
口语
devil-may-care 三词连成一顿，generous 重读。
He has a devil-may-care attitude to money. 他对钱抱着一种满不在乎的态度。
“Well, how can you tell what a man will do when he's drunk?”
人喝醉了会干出什么，谁说得准呢？
how can you tell 把不可预测说成一句反问，为死者也留了一分余地。
how can you tell what ...?
说某件事无法预料时用；对伤心的人这样说有时显得在找借口。
Who can say what a drunk will do? ／ You never know how someone will behave.
中性
how can you 连读，tell 稍重，句尾轻问。
How can you tell what a tired child will do? 一个累坏了的孩子会闹成什么样，谁说得准？
“I'm sorry, my dear, but this is a question that's bound to come up.”
抱歉，亲爱的，可这个问题迟早要提出来。
bound to come up 把不得不问的为难说得体面，也预告了麻烦。
be bound to come up
预告某件迟早要面对的事时用；对还没准备好的人这样说近乎逼对方回应。
This was bound to come up sooner or later. ／ The question had to be asked.
正式
bound to 连读成 boun-ta，come up 收尾略提。
The topic is bound to come up at dinner. 这个话题晚饭时肯定会被提起。
“I shouldn't have brought it up tonight.”
我今晚不该提这件事。
shouldn't have 一句自责，把追问者的分寸和歉意都交代了。
I shouldn't have + past participle
为自己已做过的冒失举动道歉时用；拿它指责别人会显得居高临下。
I should never have raised it. ／ I shouldn't have said that tonight.
中性
shouldn't have 连读成 shouldn't-ave，brought it up 三词收束。
I shouldn't have mentioned it at dinner. 我晚饭时不该提那件事。
下一章 · 05go to blazes见鬼去这场戏：书记员求私下密谈「拼了命地、死死地」，形容使出全力抓住不放。剧里 You could see that she was just holding on to herself like grim death，就是「你看得出她是在拼了命地撑住自己」。
bound to。剧里 this is a question that's bound to come up 就是「这个问题迟早要提出来」，be bound to 表示按情理一定会发生。
「酒量扛得住、能喝」。剧里 He could take his whack 就是「他酒量不错」，whack 在这里指一次接一次的猛喝。
put it out of your mind。剧里 Put it out of your mind 就是「别再想它了」，用来安慰对方别把心事一直揣着。
brought it up。剧里 I shouldn't have brought it up tonight 就是「我今晚不该提这件事」，bring up 指把某个话题提出来谈。
